Judging by the public's response, Rand Paul's filibuster was somewhere between an impassioned, patriotic "big tent" moment for Republicans and a kooky publicity stunt aimed at finally getting the work of rapper Wiz Khalifa into the Congressional record. The issue at stake -- Americans' right to due process before being incinerated by a CIA drone -- was almost overshadowed by the senator's bladder function, which was both derided and praised. Paul himself blamed his bladder for his failure to break the standing 28-hour filibuster record.
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Craig Bowron: Rand Paul's Bladder: Patriotism and the Micturition Reflex
